Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - What do you reckon?

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LE

If she has a British passport then she's a British citizen regardless of what the Iranians might think. If she's a British citizen she's entitled to all the protections that any other British citizen is entitled to.

LE

If she has a British passport then she's a British citizen regardless of what the Iranians might think. If she's a British citizen she's entitled to all the protections that any other British citizen is entitled to.

Doesn't matter what you, me or Boris Johnson think about her British citizenship

She is in Iran and the Iranians don't recognise her British citizenship. as far as they are concerned she is Iranian and her fate is their concern and not ours. Precious little you, me or Boris can do about it.

Did Boris make an error? Maybe. Did he do it deliberately? Maybe. We will probably never know either way

LE

I like to think we survived or prevailed due to our geography, our people and US and commonwealth support rather than the self-proclaimed myth of Winston Spencer Churchill. His CofS Brooke and the coalition cabinet prevented any more Dardanelles moments for the duration.

I am not sure about Boris Johnson quite yet.
I think he is potentially much better than other players out there.

There is no myth/ fantasy re WC.
It is all out there, clear as day. His everyday life in a world of radio and film, personally known by many. All his foibles known.
His character helped massively in winning WW2.

LE

Stupid woman.
The Iranians are mega-paranoid about British interference in their internal affairs,(for good reasons).
As an Iranian national, she will be well aware of this and their huge mistrust of anything to do with the BBC.

LE

I am not sure about Boris Johnson quite yet.
I think he is potentially much better than other players out there.

There is no myth/ fantasy re WC.
It is all out there, clear as day. His everyday life in a world of radio and film, personally known by many. All his foibles known.
His character helped massively in winning WW2.

His character helped massively in prolonging WW1.
Without his constant misdirection of assets to pointless sideshow campaigns, the British Army would have had significantly more reserves in France.

IMHO Johnson is almost as clever as he thinks he is, but not quite.
He is also much too fond of his own voice, and his public school clown persona hides something quite nastily ambitious and selfish.
I think you would have to be very careful about your definition of 'better'.

"You are a Racist and a Xenophobe" KGB Resident. (Professional liar and apologist for mass murder.)

LE

His character helped massively in prolonging WW1.
Without his constant misdirection of assets to pointless sideshow campaigns, the British Army would have had significantly more reserves in France.

IMHO Johnson is almost as clever as he thinks he is, but not quite.
He is also much too fond of his own voice, and his public school clown persona hides something quite nastily ambitious and selfish.
I think you would have to be very careful about your definition of 'better'.

LE

Not really, to be honest no mate, HMS Cornwall is now razor blades as they say.
Almost captured by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (Naval Wing) and stripped of all useful iPods and mobile phones in 2007.
Given back to a grateful nation and scrapped in 2013.

LE

His character helped massively in prolonging WW1.
Without his constant misdirection of assets to pointless sideshow campaigns, the British Army would have had significantly more reserves in France.

IMHO Johnson is almost as clever as he thinks he is, but not quite.
He is also much too fond of his own voice, and his public school clown persona hides something quite nastily ambitious and selfish.
I think you would have to be very careful about your definition of 'better'.

Re Churchill.
Gallipoli was a disaster. No question. 1915.
Then he went back to being a soldier , in the trenches getting down and dirty for about a year.
Then he became Minister for Ammo or some such.
How exactly did this ' massively prolong WW1' ?

Re BJ
Where did you get the ' nastily' bit ?
All politicians are ambitious.

LE

It never ceases to amaze me that when individuals go to lawless crapholes and, predictably, fall foul of the corrupt local regime that everyone is meant to get excited about it. They must have known what they were heading into, surely it is down to personal responsibility?
Consular assistance, yes, but full blooded diplomatic incident, why?
Happy to be enlightened.

LE

If she has a British passport then she's a British citizen regardless of what the Iranians might think. If she's a British citizen she's entitled to all the protections that any other British citizen is entitled to.

LE

I am not sure about Boris Johnson quite yet.
I think he is potentially much better than other players out there.

There is no myth/ fantasy re WC.
It is all out there, clear as day. His everyday life in a world of radio and film, personally known by many. All his foibles known.
His character helped massively in winning WW2.